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Jakarta iPad Seller Faces Jail For Missing Permit
Rangga Prakoso | January 12, 2012

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enakajah
5:41pm Jan 12, 2012

Hang on before we all jump in and scream and yelling, clearly this is a case where someone is taking consumer protection seriously. This is not like the two blokes selling privately, this is a dealer selling retail. Whether or not the sentence seems out of line for some of the other nonsense we hear about misses the point.

We all complain that there is no consumer protection in the country.... well perhaps there is we just never hear about it until something that appears silly comes along.

This bloke sold 14 of the Ipads.... that's certainly nor a legal private sale over the net of unwanted personal goods it's a man making money off selling products that may not have the requisite documentation and warranty that you pay for. Sounds like the prosecutor is on the right track to me.


jchay
3:13pm Jan 12, 2012

@meautiayu: iPads, Apple product, well I think the prosecutors were probably asking several Malang Apple... If you know what I mean.


DrDez
3:00pm Jan 12, 2012

8 months for no warranty card, 3 months for murder. 21 days for beating a child senseless... amazing


dentonboyz
2:30pm Jan 12, 2012

6 months for not able to provide guarantee card, 3 months for killing a person...

Wow...

Just wow...

meautiayu
2:06pm Jan 12, 2012

I think the prosecutors are looking forward to a fine dining... If you know what I mean.

Aprosecutor at the South Jakarta Municipal Court on Wednesday demanded six months’ jail for a man accused of selling iPads that failed to meet certain technical requirements.

Yoklina Sitepu, the prosecutor, told the court that the defendant, Charlie Mangapul Sianipar, should be imprisoned and given either a Rp 5 million ($545) fine or an additional two months in jail.

“Come out with a sentence of six months in jail — with an order that the defendant be detained and pay a Rp 5 million fine or spend two more months in jail,” Yoklina said.

She said Charlie’s actions had caused losses for the buyers of his iPads, which did not have certification from the Directorate General for Posts and Telecommunications, distribution certification or an accompanying Indonesian-language manual.

The product, she added, also lacked a guarantee card.

Charlie said the prosecutor’s demands were too extreme.

“That [sentencing] recommendation is too high,” he said. “The courts have already shown that individuals are not required to get certification — that’s only for distributors and producers.”

Speaking after court, he said that when the trial resumes on Jan. 25, he will show the court that the 14 iPads he sold all had the proper certification from the directorate general.

“We will deny [the charges] in our defense plea,” he said.